Brightening of WZ Sge
ATel #73; P. Rodriguez-Gil, D. Martinez-Delgado, J. Casares, C. Zurita, I. G. Martinez-Pais, T. Shahbaz; Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC)
on 22 Aug 2001; 00:53 UT
Credential Certification: P. Rodriguez-Gil (prguez@ll.iac.es)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable
We report on a sudden brightening of the dwarf nova WZ Sge during decline from outburst (cf. IAUC # 7669 , IAUC # 7670 ). The observations were made with the 0.82-m IAC80 telescope at Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Spain). The object has risen approximately two magnitudes, and CCD photometry gives
B=11.33 +/- 0.01 and R=11.09 +/- 0.01 (August 21.875 UT). This "mini-outburst" has occured after a steep dip in brightness and the magnitude seems to shift back to the previous decreasing trend.
